Engageable power transmitting device



Aug. 2, W38. G. NIEMANN} ENGAGEABLE POWER TRANSMITTING DEVICE Filed Feb. 26. 1956 Unuem'or Patented An e, 193s t 3 2,125,617

"UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ENGAGEABLE rowan TRANSMITTING navicn Gustav Niemann, Brunswick, Germany Application February 26, 1936, SerialNo. 65,803- In Germany March 13, 1935 o (Cl. 192-58) The invention relates to'an engagcable power of the power transmitting device makes it possitransmitting device with which two co-axial parts 'ble to utilize to advantage the said properties of are connected by friction, e. g. a friction clutch the balls embedded in the lubricant with a view or a brake. In the new clutch or brake an ento attaining a displaceable clutch or brake with 5 closed space is provided between the two eo-axial slight wear, slight displacement effort and of 5 v parts. This enclosed space is filled with balls small dimensions. and lubricant and hassmooth friction surfaces The drawin ill r e thr r n non the one of the two co-axial parts, and has as structions of the device according to the invenwell a displacing member, shutting in the said tion. I

space, thatis capable of moving axially and there- Fig. 1 shows the braking o a Pinion 0n 8 fixed 10 by pressing the bans against eachother and axl Fi 2 epr du es the c upling f a p n against the moved friction surfaces. The diso a r v lvi ft. whil Fi 3 ws a mo iplacing member has a smaller surface of 'presfiostioh of e u h with the lubricant servin sure than the said smooth friction surface which at the same time as eecling mediumserves for transmitting the power, According to Fig. '1 0f the said drawing the 811- 15 Further features of the invention are that this l s d sp 3,is'1o s ed twe n the fixed axle smooth friction surface is the cylindrical outer l n he o hed Wh l 2 th t s t e ak surface of a shaft or axle, the intermediate space n The space 3 in e toothed W l 2 has is a cylinder ring, and the design of the displacing smooth areas of contact 3|, 32 and 33. The space member, in combination with a second displacing s fi d w th sma steel ba s 4 and a ubricant 29 member and the employment of the lubricant as a d m n c s wi a oentrolhole i y means cooling medium, as disclosed more fully by th of the passages 5. The displacing member Ids drawing. provided to move axially in this hole. when the Hitherto use has been made either of friction disp a in m r is moved to h t. th

2s clutches and brakes with friction lining of high p ssu t d y t on th alls l is continu d friction coeflicient, with resultant heavy'wear, or t all surfaces of the intermediate sp e so power transmitting devices with lubricated fricthat the a s are p ss d a ainst the surfa es ntion surfaces, which then, however; necessitated closing the spa wh y f icti nal onne tion heavy compression forces and consequently coni ta lished between the parts I and 2. The

I0 siderable displacement effort (the product of Pinion 2 is firmly braked 011 the axle l byt s compressing force multiplied by th displacing frictional connection. If the braking action is to path). V be interrupted, the displacing member I is moved The new clutch or brake makes it possible for very ht y to the ri hts e y t e roller the first time to have simultaneously slight wear, bodies I a e' ev d f p su d s q nt y "slight/displacing f rce and slight displacement the frictional connection between the parts I effort. Furthermore, the clutch or brake can be and 2 is brokencomparatively all. These merits are at- If the part] is a revolving shaft, the parts I tributable to the utilizatioh r the quasi-hydroand I are c up ed t o a o e i o der that static pro erties of the balls embedded in the t ey may ex ute the same r volvi movem nt- 40 lubricant," They exert, slmiiar to .a liquid, an In t e co t uct a ordi t Fi ure 2 the 40 approximat ly all-round unif r pressure, displacing member takes the form of a pressure that, with a small displacing member,'pressing ring I, which can be moved axially by'known and releasing and consequently engagement and means, such, for example, as a fork moving in disengagement can be accomplished on a short the sleeve 8, so that it can press against and move v lhpath with little efiort. when disengaging the away from the balls 4 in the inclosed space 3 beclutch, the balls are not lifted off the surfaces tween the shaft l and the toothed wheel 2. but simply relieved of pressure. Little attend According to Figure 3, the displacing member ance is required. The halls produce furthermore may be provided in a position other than centrally little friction in the lubricant and caus only with respect of the shaft I. The operation is insignificant idlerunning work and very slight the same as that described with reference to 50 wear, and, in this respect, behave in a manner Figure I. In order to be able to reset the dissimilar to the liquids; placing member I in its original central posi- V on the other hand, they produce in the loaded tionin the event of wear possibly setting in in the state,incontradistinction toaliquid,aiirmclutch course of time, anadjusting screw 3 is foreseen j ll between the'two, co-axial parts, The new design in the body of the toothed-wheel I. The wear as of the friction surfaces on the parts I and 2 has the result that the balls in the initial position of the displacing member no longer fill the space 3 entirely in the released state. The displacing member I must therefore from the initial position up to the pressing of the balls covera longer path than with new friction surfaces. If now the screw 9 is screwed further into the space 3, then the enlargement resulting from the wear of the friction surfaces is again neutralized, the balls again fill the space entirely and the displacing member with a slight displacement puts the balls under pressure. The wear is, however, very slight because the balls and the friction surfaces may be hardened at the surface. In this construction provision is made for carrying away heat through the lubricant. For this purpose the cooling agent is fed into the annular space 3 through a central hole It and passages II, passing out through the outlets I2. The frictional heat generated on braking or as the result of repeated engagement of the clutch can thus be conveniently withdrawn.

I claim:

1. An engageable power transmitting device with two co-axial parts which are to be connected by friction, an enclosed space between these parts, friction surfaces on these parts as limitation for the intermediate space. all frictional surfaces of one of these parts being smooth, a filling of balls and lubricant in the space and a displacing member shutting in the said space, the said displacing member having a smaller pressure surface than the said smooth friction surface, the purpose being to press the gether and against the friction surfaces.

balls to- 2. An engageable power transmitting device as claimed in claim 1, in which the smooth friction surfaces consist of the cylindrical outer surface of the one clutch part.

3. An engageable power transmitting device as claimed in claim 1, in which the intermediate space is a cylinder ring.

4. An engageable power transmitting device with two co-axial parts which are to be connected by friction, one of them being a shaft or axle, an enclosed space between these parts, a filling of balls and lubricant in the space and an axially movable pin arranged centrally in this shaft or axle and shutting in said space, the said pin having a smaller pressure surface than the friction surface of the said space, the purpose being to press the balls together and against the moved friction surfaces.

5. In an engageable power transmitting device as claimed in claim 1 the combination of the displacing member mentioned in claim 1, the purpose being to press the balls together and against the moved friction surfaces, with a second adjustable displacing member, the purpose being to fix the working position of the said displacing member.

6. A power transmitting device with an enclosed space between the friction surfaces, a filling of roller bodies in this space and a displacing member shutting in the said space, the purpose being to press the roller bodies together and against the said friction surfaces, passages for feeding lubricant to the said space and outlets for the lubricant flowing through the said space and serving as the cooling medium.

GUSTAV NIEMANN. 

